Teaching theme 5th grade

Do you want to learn how to teach theme? Well, this blog post will do just that! A huge list of theme activities, with a freebie, included!

Upper elementary tips and resources for teaching main idea vs. theme. Includes anchor charts, sorts, and discussion questions.

Teaching theme will be engaging for your students with videos! Find the 5 Best Videos for Teaching Theme in your ELA classroom.

Are your students struggling with theme? No worries - here are 3 games/centers specifically designed to give students the theme practice they need without boring them with long passages.

Before I go any further, teaching theme is HARD…like really hard. Why didn’t anyone teach me a sequence or developmental process for learning and teaching theme. When I first started teaching, I would just dive in. I’d find cool activities that practiced theme. Then, a few weeks later, it would come again in our textbook […]

This post contains the animated short film "Glued." Download the accompanying handout leveled for upper elementary students to teach theme.

Theme is such an important concept when teaching reading. Students are asked to determine the theme of a text over and over again. However, many students struggle with how to identify the theme. That's why I'm sharing some of my favorite ways to teach theme. You'll find theme lesson ideas, theme activities, and theme passage suggestions to help your students finally figure out how to find theme!

Teaching upper elementary kids to identify the theme can be tricky! Not only do students need to have a strong comprehension of the story's elements (like plot, setting, and characters), but they also have to be able to make inferences about the author's message from the passage. Find lots of ideas and activities to make your theme lessons more effective in this post. #3rdgradetheme #4thgradetheme #5thgradetheme #3rdgradecentralmessage #3rdgradereading #4thgradereading #5thgradereading

Here are the 4 essential concepts that students need to understand when they are determining the theme of a passage. Help students learn how to identify theme with the reading activities and lessons profiled in this "How to Teach Theme" blog post.

Here's a FREEBIE to help your students practice theme! This slideshow offers practice in determining theme and distinguishing between theme and main idea.